With the flight ban let's hope they make it to the UK without any delays.
Asus rampage III Extreme
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With the flight ban let's hope they make it to the UK without any delays.
I think you'll find items like that will be shipped by sea and not my air as it is far cheaper by sea.
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You mean the £1000 ASUS Ares?? If you're really thinking about them, then I can see the layout of the Rampage being ideal. The first card would cover the first and second pciex16 slot and the pciex4 slot will be available for your sound card. The second card can then go into the third pciex16 slot as it was intended to be used.
But the classified is already a tremendous board as it is. Saying that, if you sell it, you will still make a lot of money that could help you get the R3E. The main selling point is the whole ROG functionality over the classified and if you think that will suit your needs, then go for it. It also has USB3 and SATA III. In terms of performance, the R3E is probably no better than the classified.
As long as you can offset the cost by selling the classified and you think those features will come in handy, then get one. For performance and overclocking I'm not sure, not having used the classified myself.
EDIT: I just noticed your Crucial SSDs. I imagine SATA III will be useful for those!
. It's not building hype it's just getting annoying 
Cheers mate. Some good advice and lots to think about. My crucials actually went wallop. Well 1 did. The other lost performance and couldn't get it back. Very similar to what happened Anand. Sent them back and I now have Corsair Force 200gig SSD's. I honestly don't think SAT6GB/s will matter much on 1st gen SSD's using that tech. All the reviews I have seen show the marvel controller being outpaced by intels native. USB3 though would be nice. The interesting thing is, I picked up the Classified from a friend leaving the country and paid around 150 euro for it, probably less as he bundled stuff with it.
this thing already has enough hype, it doesnt need any more.
Release now it, or Vortx will suffer
Stop threatening me
Now there are rumours that ASUS plan to release it NEXT week, and now ASUS have also said it should be global by 30th of April, starting to take the **** now considering ASUS initially said end of March as Cebit.EDIT: I will add some hope though, a member of ROG has come out on the Xtreme Systems forum to say that the boared will be available in germany by the end of this week.
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Stop threatening me
EDIT: I will add some hope though, a member of ROG has come out on the Xtreme Systems forum to say that the boared will be available in germany by the end of this week.
What does this mean for US release Implications?
Apparently it is already out in the US, although many people claim that it isn't so who knows.
It's clear that no one knows when it is coming. It will be May at this rate.
At least a ROG member has said about Germany lol that's something I suppose.
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Flanno, Ares is a little way off yet from what I hear. However 5870 Matrix should be available around the start of May - Stay tuned for some reviews.
Thanks -VK-. I don't mind waiting. Gives me a chance to save the cash though knowing me I will probably be tempted by the Matrix unless ATI launch the 5890.
when exactly is "shortly"
anywhere between 1 day to 1 year.